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[Incomprehensible] as we try to stay alive |
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We bring you culture, nu tunes |
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Gunpowder massive, [Incomprehensible][Incomprehensible] drums, huh, where it all started, another level |
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I asked my mother, "Why do you cry?" |
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She said, "Your brother, he just died" |
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Well, I told him not to go outside |
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He said he had to fight for his country's right |
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But don't you know that mo-mother |
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Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no |
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Because the war is not over |
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Until you can feel love, peace an' hear silence |
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But I smell gunpowder |
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My brother's been dead ever since |
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I didn't believe it, but when |
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I saw him |
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I was convinced |
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Two shots to the head, he was already dead, |
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LordI headed for revenge in the city of |
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Port-au-Prince |
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Screamin', "Bro-brother" |
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Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no |
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Because the war is not over |
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Until you can feel love, peace an' hear silence |
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But I smell gunpowder |
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Zion's gunpowder, |
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L.A.'s gunpowder |
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I wanna know why |
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Christians pray for a new day |
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We don't need no, we don't need no, we don't need no |
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But it's still the same way |
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I wanna know why |
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Ghetto people pray for a new day |
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Hey, hey, hey |
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An' it's still the same way |
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But the preacher man told me"Good things come to those who wait" |
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Do good things come to those who wait? |
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I wanna know tell me |
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Good thing come to those who wait |
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Do good things come to those who wait? |
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We wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know |
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Pe-peopleDon't you know that we can't stop the violence, no |
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Because the war is not over |
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Until you can feel love, peace, an' hear the silence |
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But I smell gunpowder |
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Brooklyn's gunpowder, |
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Shaolin's gunpowder |
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Uptown's gunpowder, |
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Jersey's gunpowder |
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Even in New |
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Zealand's gunpowder |
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Australia's gunpowder, |
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Brixton's gunpowder |
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Even in New |
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Haven's gunpowder |
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The Carnival, anything can happen[Incomprehensible] |
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Rest in peace, rest in peace |
